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Simple Knowledge Organization System

Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) is a W3C recommendation designed for representation of thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, subject-heading systems, or any other type of structured controlled vocabulary. SKOS is part of the Semantic Web family of standards built upon RDF and RDFS, and its main objective is to enable easy publication…

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Abbreviation
SKOS
Authors
Alistair Miles, Sean Bechhofer
Base standards
RDF
Committee
Semantic Web Deployment Working Group
Domain
Semantic Web
Latest version
Core, Reference, RDF, Primer August 2009, 18; 17 years ago (18-08-2009)

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Simple Knowledge Organization System

Nodes64
Edges63
Triples38
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
Components1

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Simple Knowledge Organization System

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related to External links · 11
Simple Knowledge Organization System → ConferenceW3C Invites Implementations, PageW3C Simple Knowledge Organization, Primer Also PublishedSKOS Validator, Reference, SKOS, SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization, System PrimerPresentation, System ReferenceW3C SKOS Home, Wayback Machine, XTech, Zthes Converter Archived
related to overview · 8
Simple Knowledge Organization System → Each, Each SKOS, In, It, RDF, SKOS Primer, The SKOS, W3C Working Group Note
Abbreviation · 1
Simple Knowledge Organization System → SKOS
Authors · 1
Simple Knowledge Organization System → Alistair Miles, Sean Bechhofer
Base standards · 1
Simple Knowledge Organization System → RDF
Committee · 1
Simple Knowledge Organization System → Semantic Web Deployment Working Group
Domain · 1
Simple Knowledge Organization System → Semantic Web
Latest version · 1
Simple Knowledge Organization System → Core, Reference, RDF, Primer August 2009, 18; 17 years ago (18-08-2009)
Organization · 1
Simple Knowledge Organization System → World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Related standards · 1
Simple Knowledge Organization System → RDFa, OWL, ISO 25964, Dublin Core

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skos rdf concepts semantic web w3c used thesaurus thesauri data concept vocabularies knowledge vocabulary owl developed organization system standards properties

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemAbbreviationSKOS1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemAuthorsAlistair Miles, Sean Bechhofer1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemBase standardsRDF1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemCommitteeSemantic Web Deployment Working Group1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemDomainSemantic Web1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemLatest versionCore, Reference, RDF, Primer August 2009, 18; 17 years ago (18-08-2009)1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemOrganizationWorld Wide Web Consortium (W3C)1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemRelated standardsRDFa, OWL, ISO 25964, Dublin Core1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemStatusPublished (W3C Recommendation)1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemWebsitewww.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/1.00infobox
Simple Knowledge Organization SystemYear started1997; 29 years ago (1997)1.00infobox
Protégéinstance ofamong other resources of FAO and the European Community.SKOS files can also be imported and edited in RDF-OWL editors0.80text

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